Improvement in pillow-sham frames and holders



J. R. ADAMS. .Pillow-Sham Frame and Holder. N'."`222,222.

Patented Dec. 2,1879.

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frictional device, hereinafter described, which enables the bar to rotate in a vertical plane.

Unirse Sterns AJOHN R. ADAMS, 0F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification forming part ofLet-ters PatentlNo. 222,222. dated December 2, 1579; applicatioiiled September l, 1879. i

To,` all lwhom 'it may concern:

4Be it known that `I, JOHN R. ADAMS, of the city ot' Oakland, county of Alameda, and State of California, baveinvented a certain new and useful Intlprovement in Pillow-ShamFra-mes and Holders 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a clear and exact description there ot', reference being` had tothe accompanyingl drawings.

Myinvention relates to` a new and improved frame for the purpose ot' keeping pillow covers or-shams in. a proper slanting position at the head ot' the bedduring the day, and forallowing them to be turned up and ont of the way at night.

' Letters Patent of the United States No. 214800, and bearing date the 29th day of April, 187 9, were granted to me for an invention in the same class; but the object of my present improvement is to provide for holding the sham in an elevated position, or at any desired angle of inclination; and to theseends it consists, principally, of a frictional device consisting of a disk, washer, screw, and fer-f rule, andthe peculiarly-constructed brackets supporting the h0ldingbar of the sham, substantially as hereinafter more fully set forth'.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure `1 is a front view of4 the head-board of a bedstead with my invention attached thereto; Fig. 2 is a side view of the frame, taken from the right-hand side of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa front view with the frame raised. Fig. 4 is a sideview taken from the right-hand side of Fig. 3.

v Fig. 5 is a detail view, showing one end of the fraineand its supportin g-bracket. Figs. 6 and 7 are detail views of the brackets. Fig. Sis a detail, showing the frictional device.

LetArepresentthe head-board of abedstead, and B B the bed-posts. `C is a bar, which is secured to the bed-posts by means of brackets This bar is 'secured to the brackets by 'a The bar G forms one side of the frame, that which is parallel with the head-board and distant from it about three-quarters of an in eh. To form the other three sides ofthe frame I secure two pieces of Vspring-wire, ff, one at Y or near each end of the bar C, and extending from the bar at an'angle outward, as shown `the middle ofthe bar C. Lwire extends from the bar radially outward,

at Fig. 2. I also secure another pieceot sprin gwire, g, slightly shorter than theolher two, at This middle piece ot' and at its extremity, as well as at theextremities of the pieces ff, I make a vslightfburr or indentation. I then join the ends oftheiwires ff by a piece of tape, l, which is loopediover. the end ofthe wire g and fastened'to` the ends of the wires f f, which are then drawntogether, so that there will always be a suiiicient strain to keep the tape taut. The slight burr raised on the end ot' each wire will keep the tape Zin position and prevent it from slipping when stretched. In this fashion I provide a light and yet substantial frame, which can be easily repaired Atend from one bed-post to the other, and will therefore be as wide as the head-board itself.

Its length will be about half that ot' the shams which it is intended to hold. When theshams are fastened tothe tape m by pins, inthe usual way, and when the frame is raised np,the shams will fold over the stretched tape'land hang over the other side of the frame, so as'to conceal it. The shams, as above stated, will `be attached to the tape m by pins or otherwise, and their edges will extend about half or threequarters of an inch above and beyond the tape, so as to conceal the bar C when `the frame is down and the shams are in the proper slanting position over the pillows. v v

In `order to prevent the crumpling of the edges of the shams against the; supports of the bar, I make the brackets d d curved and provide them with recesses fn, intowhich the edge of the sham will lodge when thefframe is raised upward.

The brackets d d are made with projections e e, bent at right angles, as shown in Figs. 2,

4, 6, and 7. These Vprojectionsor lugs lie against the angular edge of thelbed-post B,

and the bracket is fastened to the side of the bed-post by :wsingle screw, j. Vl'hen it is not substance.

found convenient to attach the brackets to the bed-postl provide brackets bent at right angles to the screw-plate, which can be fastened directly to the headboard of the bedstead.

The frictional device is as follows: A disk Aof metal, p, with a round hole bored out at its center, is placed over the extremity of the bar C. A ferrule, q, with its edge flaring inward, is then placed over both the disk p and the bar C, and holds the disk tightly in place. As above mentioned, the end of the tape mis placed under the disk p and ferrule q before securing those to thebar C. A screw, r, passes through the bracket d and disk p and screws into the bur C. Between the ferrule q and the bracket I interpose a disk or washer, t, prefera-bly made of leather or other equivalent This disk t will then be pressed between the flaring edge of the ferrule Q and the head of the bracket., which is made to correspond in diameter with the ferrule, as shown. By this lnethod of applying the pressure to the circumference ot' the washer t instead of' to its center a sullicient amount of friction can be produced that will hold the frame in a vertical position or at any desired angle without the use of catches or similar devices.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a pillow-sham holder, the combination, with the bar C and bracket having a disk or plate, p, of the washer t, ferrule q, and screw r, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the roll or bar C and support B, of the brackets d d, provided with the right-angled flanges or lugs c c, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the sham and its frame, of the roll or bar C, ferrule q, disk p, washer t, screw r', and brackets d d, having the curved recesses n, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

JOHN n. ADAMS. [L s] 

